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Amazon workers ask Bezos to stop selling tech to law enforcement
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:35 am
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:35 am
Sorry if this was posted but I just saw this story
Cucks
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There was another social activism uprising in tech land this week — and this one got in Jeff Bezos’ face.
An undisclosed number of Amazon employees penned an open letter to the e-commerce giant chief executive asking that the company stop selling facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies.
The letter also asked Bezos to cut all business ties to Palantir, a data-mining company that works with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The employees feel ICE’s actions in dealing with immigrants and refugees is “immoral.”
Amazon’s facial-recognition software, called Rekognition, uses artificial intelligence to match images of faces captured on video-surveillance equipment to those in existing databases of millions of faces.
Amazon has pitched the technology to law enforcement agencies as making “investigation and monitoring of individuals easy and accurate,” according to emails obtained by the ACLU.
Palantir, a customer of Amazon Web Services, helps runs ICE’s case management system and helps facilitate the expulsion of undocumented immigrants from the country.
“In the face of this immoral US policy, and the US’s increasingly inhumane treatment of refugees and immigrants beyond this specific policy, we are deeply concerned that Amazon is implicated, providing infrastructure and services that enable ICE and DHS,” the letter reads.
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“In addition to our concerns for U.S. consumers who may be put in harm’s way with law enforcement’s use of Rekognition, we are also concerned sales may be expanded to foreign governments, including authoritarian regimes,” the shareholders said.
In a statement, Amazon Web Services head of AI Matt Wood said that banning the tech out of fears of how it’ll be used is the wrong move.
“The world would be a very different place if we had restricted people from buying computers because it was possible to use that computer to do harm,” he said. “Through responsible use, the benefits have far outweighed the risks.”
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Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:37 am to stout
Democrats have the biggest double standards. The same thing happened under "King Obama" but they didn't say anything about it. The only difference is Trump saved the children from being separated. Now they can be deported as a family!
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:39 am to stout
Are they going to quit if Bezos ignores them? I doubt it.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:39 am to stout
Lol he should give their jobs to immigrants
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:40 am to stout
As an employer, if I found out which employees signed that letter, I’d fire em on the spot.
Oodles of other people who don’t play politics at work would be willing to do their jobs.
Play stupid games ....
Oodles of other people who don’t play politics at work would be willing to do their jobs.
Play stupid games ....
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:40 am to stout
Bezos, the guy with the CIA contract who bought the mouthpiece for the CIA (Wapo)? that guy?
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:40 am to stout
Tech has already passed the point of destroying our freedoms. I’ve been warning people who were in denial for years.
Computers can read and type thoughts via electrodes already - and that’s public knowledge. What’s really behind the curtain?
We have to find a way to mitigate the advancement of technology into our private lives. This world is going to be terrible when there is no such thing as a private opinion anymore.
Computers can read and type thoughts via electrodes already - and that’s public knowledge. What’s really behind the curtain?
We have to find a way to mitigate the advancement of technology into our private lives. This world is going to be terrible when there is no such thing as a private opinion anymore.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:43 am to Strannix
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Lol he should give their jobs to immigrants
If you mean LEGAL immigrants, yes!
If you mean illegal foreign nationals cock-roaching across our borders, frick them. They must be captured and sent back post-haste.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:44 am to stout
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“In the face of this immoral US policy
Don't impose your morals on me, assholes.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:44 am to stout
Dear Mr. Bezoa,
There are a million Americans whom would love to work for Amazon. Please let them know the date, time and location to apply.
Thank you,
Capitalist Pigs
There are a million Americans whom would love to work for Amazon. Please let them know the date, time and location to apply.
Thank you,
Capitalist Pigs
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:45 am to Bunyan
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The only difference
Not the only difference. Obama administration mistakenly turned over illegal children to human traffickers after not doing background checks.
WAPO....sorry
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:49 am to stout
With the recent showdown with Seattle's city council over a work tax and now this, Jeff Bezos is getting an eyeful if leftist foolishness.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:50 am to Maytheporkbewithyou
Which is the flip side to the whining of that female coach who bitched about getting asked her biracial kid was hers.
Would you rather not offend someone and possibly turn a child over to coyotes or would you risk pissing off a self-righteous coont and make sure the kid is who they say they are?
Would you rather not offend someone and possibly turn a child over to coyotes or would you risk pissing off a self-righteous coont and make sure the kid is who they say they are?
Posted on 6/25/18 at 8:53 am to Erin Go Bragh
The question is whether he is smart enough to nip this shite in the bud or if he gives into various demands.
There will always be key employees who can get away with this kind of shite because they are too valuable, at least at the moment.
The rank and file trying this shite will find out how replaceable they are, as Amazon is capable of recruiting nationally and internationally to fill those spots.
There will always be key employees who can get away with this kind of shite because they are too valuable, at least at the moment.
The rank and file trying this shite will find out how replaceable they are, as Amazon is capable of recruiting nationally and internationally to fill those spots.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 9:04 am to stout
We really need to split up the US or purge the retards. One or the other.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 9:23 am to idlewatcher
We seem to be working toward that direction one way or another.
All I will say is that a side which sure seems bent on fighting the other side seems to be ignoring the fact that disarming the opposition, legally or illegally, isn’t happening in most states.
All I will say is that a side which sure seems bent on fighting the other side seems to be ignoring the fact that disarming the opposition, legally or illegally, isn’t happening in most states.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 9:31 am to Maytheporkbewithyou
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Are they going to quit if Bezos ignores them? I doubt it.
If they do it's a lock they file for unemployment even from a voluntary quit due to mental distress and working conditions. Then they probably file for disability from the mental duress imposing PTSD.
Posted on 6/25/18 at 9:31 am to stout
Is this being spun as a partisan issue? privacy has always been a concern even under obama. He got hammered by both sides for the NSA spying. I hope Bezos makes it harder for law enforcement to get facial recognition.
so having concerns about law enforcement overreach and militarization makes you a cuck?
most people can't stomach the idea of true freedom. that's why government always ends up trending towards tyranny. those who want the boot of the government on their throats are the true cucks.
so having concerns about law enforcement overreach and militarization makes you a cuck?
most people can't stomach the idea of true freedom. that's why government always ends up trending towards tyranny. those who want the boot of the government on their throats are the true cucks.
This post was edited on 6/25/18 at 10:02 am
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